I have 20 pine internal doors to stain and varnish in my house. Should I use water or spirit based stain?
Also will the choice influence which varnish type I should use?
Finally, if I can get the right colour, is there any disadvantage is using a coloured varnish?
Peter
Spirit, e.g. "Colron" for sure. It will sink in to the timber rather than coat the surface.
Not really - although if you're using acrylic varnish make sure the stain fully dries.
Very much so. It chips and then white shows through. It obscures the timber grain.
J.B.
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